MESSAGE FROM OAAO, THE OHIO ASSOCIATION OF ANIMAL
OWNERS, REGARDING HSUS’s INVASION OF THEIR STATE AND
FARM BUREAU’s BETRAYAL OF DOG AND EXOTIC ANIMAL
OWNERS
Summer 2010
In order to get the phone numbers of your State Senator and Representative, it may be
quicker to call the Legislative Information hotline at (800) 282-0253. If you give them
your address, they will give you the phone number for your Senator and Representative.
The number for the Governor's office is (614) 466-3555.
Again, here is what we need you to do:
In light of the "agreement" reached earlier this week between our Governor, Ohio Farm
Bureau and HSUS, we urgently need EVERY OAAO member (and anyone else you can
get to do it) to call the Governor, their State Senator and their State Representative.
To locate their phone numbers, go to http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/
You will need to address the following 4 points below. Keep your call brief and to the
point, try to avoid any lengthy discussion. You may want to follow up with an email, but
we need to flood the Statehouse switchboard with phone calls immediately.
One of our corporate members has furnished us with a list of contacts at the Ohio Farm
Bureau. This is not a complete list, but if you are a Farm Bureau member in any of these
counties, we are asking you to please contact the appropriate person (below) to let them
know of the negative impact of SB95, and also of the plan to prohibit the possession and
sale of certain exotic animals. If you live in one of the counties not listed below, you may
need to contact your county Farm Bureau office to get the name and contact information
for your Organizational Director.
Again, our talking points are:
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Any Executive Order by the Governor prohibiting possession/sale of certain
exotic animals is a violation of the US Constitution, as it takes away our right to
use our own private property without paying us for it. It's no different than taking
away our guns or our farms and not paying us. Most of these animal owners are
federally licensed and inspected breeders and exhibitors who MAKE THEIR
LIVING from these animals. I will not vote for Governor Strickland if he signs
this Executive Order, and will urge everyone I know to do the same.
Senate Bill 95 would require federally licensed and inspected dog breeders to
tear down their existing facilities and rebuild them at 3 times the cost, plus it
creates another state agency that Ohio cannot afford. I will not vote for any
Senator or Representative who votes for SB95, and I will not vote for
Governor Strickland if he continues to support SB95.
Ohio Farm Bureau had no right to enter into any agreement concerning dogs or
exotic animals, as those animals are not livestock. The groups representing dog
breeders and exotic animal owners were not included in the discussions leading
up to this agreement. It is unacceptable for dog breeders and exotic animal
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owners to be used as pawns to get HSUS off the backs of Ohio farmers. Ohio
Farm Bureau is a private organization representing farmers, not dog breeders or
exotic animal owners. They have repeatedly refused to even take a position on
legislation concerning exotic animals and dogs, specifically because those
animals are not livestock. Farm Bureau has no right to enter into any agreements
concerning non-livestock animals, and I intend to suggest to everyone I know
that they reconsider their membership to Farm Bureau.
HB108 (cockfighting bill) places higher penalties on fighting birds than on
comparable offenses against human beings. I will not vote for any Senator or
Representative who votes for HB108 in its current form, and I will not vote
for Governor Strickland if he continues to support the felony provisions in
this bill.
Polly Britton
Legislative Agent
Ohio Association of Animal Owners
http://www.oaao.us/
For more info see: http://www.rexano.org/StatePages/OhioFrame.htm
Farm Bureau contacts:
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Executive Vice President Jack Fisher
280 North High St, 6th floor
Columbus, OH 43215
Phone: (614) 249-2400
Fax: (614) 249-2200
---------------------------------------------------------------------Holmes & Coshocton County Farm Bureau Organizational Director:
Susan Brinker
Phone:
800-641-7648
Fax:
740-452-1846
Email:
mucfb@sbcglobal.net
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Ashland & Wayne County Farm Bureau Organizational Director:
John Fitzpatrick
Phone:
330-263-7456
Fax:
330-263-7416
Email:
wcfb@sssnet.com
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Stark County Farm Bureau Organizational Director:
Nick Kennedy
Phone:
330-456-4889
Fax:
330-456-7064
Email:
nkennedy@ofbf.org
-----------------------------------------------------------------------Tuscarawas County Farm Bureau President:
Steve Quillin
Phone:
330-339-7211
Fax:
330-308-9026
Email:
farmbureau@tusco.net
---------------------------------------------------------------------Richland County Farm Bureau Organizational Director:
Korre Boyer
Phone:
419-747-7488
Fax:
419-747-7554
Email:
richlandfb@neohio.twcbc.com
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